Red Wilson
Robert James Wilson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 7, 1929 in Milwaukee, WI
School: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1951
Final Game: September 24, 1960
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1951 22 CHW AL 4 12 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .273 .333 .364 .697 90 4 2 0 0 /2
1952 23 CHW AL 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /2
1953 24 CHW AL 71 193 164 21 41 6 1 0 10 2 3 26 12 .250 .353 .299 .651 75 49 8 0 3 2
1954 25 TOT AL 62 225 190 24 52 11 1 3 23 3 1 28 14 .274 .365 .389 .755 109 74 8 0 6 1 2
1954 25 CHW AL 8 21 20 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .200 .238 .350 .588 58 7 0 0 0 0 /2
1954 25 DET AL 54 204 170 22 48 11 1 2 22 3 1 27 12 .282 .379 .394 .773 115 67 8 0 6 1 2
1955 26 DET AL 78 274 241 26 53 9 0 2 17 1 2 26 23 .220 .296 .282 .578 58 68 13 0 7 0 3 2
1956 27 DET AL 78 278 228 32 66 12 2 7 38 2 1 42 18 .289 .393 .452 .844 122 103 6 0 3 5 7 2
1957 28 DET AL 60 213 180 21 43 8 1 3 13 2 3 25 19 .239 .341 .344 .686 86 62 3 3 5 0 2 2
1958 29 DET AL 103 343 298 31 89 13 1 3 29 10 0 35 30 .299 .373 .379 .752 102 113 8 2 5 3 5 2
1959 30 DET AL 67 247 228 28 60 17 2 4 35 2 2 10 23 .263 .295 .408 .703 87 93 8 2 3 4 1 2
1960 31 TOT AL 77 249 222 22 48 7 0 2 24 3 0 22 21 .216 .286 .275 .561 53 61 4 1 1 3 2 2
1960 31 DET AL 45 151 134 17 29 4 0 1 14 3 0 16 14 .216 .298 .269 .567 53 36 1 0 0 1 1 2
1960 31 CLE AL 32 98 88 5 19 3 0 1 10 0 0 6 7 .216 .268 .284 .552 52 25 3 1 1 2 1 2
10 Seasons 602 2037 1765 206 455 84 8 24 189 25 12 215 163 .258 .338 .355 .694 87 627 60 8 33 16 20
162 Game Avg. 162 548 475 55 122 23 2 6 51 7 3 58 44 .258 .338 .355 .694 87 169 16 2 9
DET (7 yrs) 485 1710 1479 177 388 74 7 22 168 23 9 181 139 .262 .343 .366 .709 91 542 47 7 29 14 19
CHW (4 yrs) 85 229 198 24 48 7 1 1 11 2 3 28 17 .242 .336 .303 .639 72 60 10 0 3 0
CLE (1 yr) 32 98 88 5 19 3 0 1 10 0 0 6 7 .216 .268 .284 .552 52 25 3 1 1 2 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1951 22 CHW AL 12 10 1 2.7 100 .333 .273 .265 .333 .346 .364 .389 .697 .735 90 .280 -0.1 0.0 .500 .182 .091
1952 23 CHW AL 3 3 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .261 .000 .341 .000 .381 .000 .723 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1953 24 CHW AL 193 137 17 3.3 105 .270 .250 .273 .353 .350 .299 .402 .651 .752 75 .369 -4.8 -0.5 .552 .201 .049 .0
1954 25 TOT AL 225 154 28 4.9 97 .282 .274 .264 .365 .339 .389 .385 .755 .724 109 .562 3.2 0.4 .707 .274 .116 3.0
1954 25 CHW AL 21 16 2 3.4 101 .176 .200 .269 .238 .345 .350 .393 .588 .738 58 .392 -1.4 -0.1 .500 .200 .150 .0
1954 25 DET AL 204 138 26 5.0 97 .293 .282 .263 .379 .338 .394 .384 .773 .723 115 .577 4.6 0.5 .733 .282 .112 2.4
1955 26 DET AL 274 210 18 2.3 101 .236 .220 .264 .296 .343 .282 .393 .578 .736 58 .220 -14.2 -1.4 .458 .166 .062 1.3
1956 27 DET AL 278 177 43 6.5 107 .284 .289 .268 .393 .351 .452 .410 .844 .760 122 .634 9.3 0.9 .864 .351 .162 3.1
1957 28 DET AL 213 148 22 4.0 102 .253 .239 .266 .341 .339 .344 .402 .686 .741 86 .460 -3.0 -0.3 .622 .239 .106 2.4
1958 29 DET AL 343 225 45 5.3 104 .321 .299 .270 .373 .339 .379 .410 .752 .749 102 .599 2.4 0.2 .737 .232 .081 4.6
1959 30 DET AL 247 185 25 3.6 103 .273 .263 .267 .295 .339 .408 .408 .703 .748 87 .413 -4.5 -0.5 .590 .189 .145 2.7
1960 31 TOT AL 249 182 19 2.8 102 .228 .216 .264 .286 .338 .275 .404 .561 .742 53 .298 -14.6 -1.5 .489 .171 .059 2.4
1960 31 DET AL 151 107 12 3.0 104 .233 .216 .267 .298 .341 .269 .408 .567 .749 53 .326 -8.8 -0.9 .519 .194 .052 1.5
1960 31 CLE AL 98 75 7 2.5 99 .220 .216 .260 .268 .333 .284 .398 .552 .730 52 .256 -5.8 -0.6 .444 .136 .068 .0
10 Seasons 2037 1431 218 4.1 103 .270 .258 .267 .338 .342 .355 .402 .694 .744 87 .460 -27.2 -2.8 .624 .227 .097 24.5
162 Game Avg. 548 385 59 4.1 103 .270 .258 .267 .338 .342 .355 .402 .694 .744 87 .460 -27.2 -2.8 .624 .227 .097 7
DET (7 yrs) 1710 1190 191 4.3 103 .275 .262 .267 .343 .342 .366 .403 .709 .745 91 .484 -14.2 -1.5 .649 .236 .104 22.5
CHW (4 yrs) 229 166 20 3.2 104 .261 .242 .272 .336 .349 .303 .400 .639 .749 72 .359 -7.2 -0.7 .534 .197 .061 1.3
CLE (1 yr) 98 75 7 2.5 99 .220 .216 .260 .268 .333 .284 .398 .552 .730 52 .257 -5.8 -0.6 .444 .136 .068 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1951 22 CHW AL 12 0.0% 16.7% 8.3% 8.3% 33% 2.00 5.5 75%
1952 23 CHW AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 67%
1953 24 CHW AL 193 0.0% 6.2% 13.5% 3.6% 17% 0.46 13.7 16.4 79%
1954 25 TOT AL 225 1.3% 6.2% 12.4% 6.7% 29% 0.50 13.6 63.3 8.3 1.32 77%
1954 25 CHW AL 21 4.8% 9.5% 4.8% 4.8% 25% 2.00 10.0 20.0 20.0 0.75 81%
1954 25 DET AL 204 1.0% 5.9% 13.2% 6.9% 29% 0.44 14.2 85.0 7.7 1.41 77%
1955 26 DET AL 274 0.7% 8.4% 9.5% 4.0% 21% 0.88 10.5 120.5 14.2 1.56 79%
1956 27 DET AL 278 2.5% 6.5% 15.1% 7.6% 32% 0.43 12.7 32.6 6.0 0.79 75%
1957 28 DET AL 213 1.4% 8.9% 11.7% 5.6% 28% 0.76 9.5 60.0 13.8 0.85 74%
1958 29 DET AL 343 0.9% 8.8% 10.2% 5.0% 19% 0.86 9.9 99.3 10.3 1.12 78%
1959 30 DET AL 247 1.6% 9.3% 4.1% 9.3% 38% 2.30 9.9 57.0 6.5 1.63 83%
1960 31 TOT AL 249 0.8% 8.4% 8.8% 3.6% 19% 0.95 10.6 111.0 9.3 0.94 81%
1960 31 DET AL 151 0.7% 9.3% 10.6% 3.3% 17% 0.88 9.6 134.0 9.6 1.12 79%
1960 31 CLE AL 98 1.0% 7.1% 6.1% 4.1% 21% 1.17 12.6 88.0 8.8 0.74 84%
10 Seasons 2037 1.2% 8.0% 10.6% 5.7% 26% 0.76 10.8 73.5 9.3 1.14 78%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 25 TOT AL 1 0 27% 88 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 38% 9 7 2 3 0 2 9 4 4
1954 25 CHW AL 0 0 25% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1954 25 DET AL 1 0 27% 83 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 40% 9 7 2 2 0 2 9 4 4
1955 26 DET AL 7 0 31% 103 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 54% 16 11 5 0 0 0 10 1 9
1956 27 DET AL 7 0 25% 116 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 56% 16 9 7 1 1 0 8 1 7
1957 28 DET AL 1 0 27% 90 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 46% 19 10 9 0 0 0 5 3 2
1958 29 DET AL 5 0 23% 167 10 0 100% 7 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 7 7 36% 22 15 7 4 3 1 10 4 5
1959 30 DET AL 2 0 35% 95 2 2 50% 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 48% 5 5 0 3 3 0 13 3 10
1960 31 TOT AL 1 0 29% 98 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 54% 12 6 6 3 1 2 9 3 5
1960 31 DET AL 1 0 36% 54 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 60% 6 3 3 2 0 2 7 2 4
1960 31 CLE AL 0 0 16% 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 44% 6 3 3 1 1 0 2 1 1
10 Seasons 24 0 28% 757 25 12 68% 19 6 4 0 0 2 4 0 19 32 47% 99 63 36 14 8 5 64 19 42
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 25 TOT AL 225 45% 52 1 0 0 0 1.49 3 1 6 3 0 0 3 0 6 6 100% 61 8 13% 29 8 28% 175 22 13% 13 1 8% 21 6 29% 0
1954 25 CHW AL 21 57% 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 10 0 0% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 0
1954 25 DET AL 204 44% 48 1 0 0 0 1.49 2 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 6 6 100% 59 8 14% 25 8 32% 165 22 13% 12 1 8% 17 6 35% 0
1955 26 DET AL 274 39% 53 8 1 0 1 1.76 2 0 7 1 1 1 1 0 8 7 88% 68 13 19% 33 10 30% 203 19 9% 19 9 47% 18 6 33% 0
1956 27 DET AL 278 54% 66 1 0 0 0 3.61 7 0 11 4 3 3 4 0 3 3 100% 58 6 10% 26 11 42% 211 32 15% 26 12 46% 10 3 30% 0
1957 28 DET AL 214 31% 43 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 2 1 1 2 0 5 5 100% 30 3 10% 18 6 33% 136 10 7% 11 2 18% 21 5 24% 0
1958 29 DET AL 343 17% 89 3 0 0 0 1.10 3 0 10 3 0 3 0 0 7 5 71% 67 8 12% 27 9 33% 196 27 14% 17 6 35% 17 6 35% 0
1959 30 DET AL 247 34% 60 3 0 0 0 3.23 4 0 9 3 1 2 2 0 4 3 75% 54 8 15% 29 15 52% 182 32 18% 14 11 79% 11 3 27% 0
1960 31 TOT AL 249 26% 48 2 1 0 0 3.40 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 49 4 8% 23 9 39% 146 22 15% 14 7 50% 18 11 61% 0
1960 31 DET AL 151 31% 29 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 1 4% 12 6 50% 87 13 15% 9 4 44% 11 7 64% 0
1960 31 CLE AL 98 18% 19 2 1 0 0 3.40 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 23 3 13% 11 3 27% 59 9 15% 5 3 60% 7 4 57% 0
10 Seasons 1830 35% 455 18 2 0 1 2.17 24 1 54 18 6 11 13 0 34 33 97% 387 60 16% 185 68 37% 1249 164 13% 114 48 42% 116 40 34% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1951 22 4 12 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .273 .333 .364 .697 90 4 2 0 0
1952 23 6 15 14 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .214 .267 .286 .552 51 4 2 0 0
1953 24 77 208 178 22 44 7 1 0 10 2 3 27 15 .247 .346 .298 .644 73 53 10 0 3
1954 25 139 433 368 46 96 18 2 3 33 5 4 55 29 .261 .356 .345 .701 91 127 18 0 9 1
1955 26 217 707 609 72 149 27 2 5 50 6 6 81 52 .245 .333 .320 .653 78 195 31 0 16 1 3
1956 27 295 985 837 104 215 39 4 12 88 8 7 123 70 .257 .350 .356 .706 91 298 37 0 19 6 10
1957 28 355 1198 1017 125 258 47 5 15 101 10 10 148 89 .254 .348 .354 .702 90 360 40 3 24 6 12
1958 29 458 1541 1315 156 347 60 6 18 130 20 10 183 119 .264 .354 .360 .714 93 473 48 5 29 9 17
1959 30 525 1788 1543 184 407 77 8 22 165 22 12 193 142 .264 .346 .367 .712 92 566 56 7 32 13 18
1960 31 602 2037 1765 206 455 84 8 24 189 25 12 215 163 .258 .338 .355 .694 87 627 60 8 33 16 20

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1951 22 4 12 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .273 .333 .364 .697 1 4
1952 23 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1953 24 74 196 170 21 41 6 1 0 10 2 26 13 .241 .342 .288 .630 17 71
1954 25 65 233 201 26 57 12 1 3 25 3 31 15 .284 .378 .398 .776 30 62
1955 26 82 276 250 28 54 9 0 2 18 1 26 24 .216 .290 .276 .566 20 78
1956 27 82 285 237 31 68 12 2 7 37 2 43 19 .287 .389 .443 .833 42 78
1957 28 63 221 191 22 47 9 1 3 14 2 27 20 .246 .348 .351 .699 23 60
1958 29 108 358 315 32 97 14 1 3 30 11 38 31 .308 .383 .387 .770 47 103
1959 30 70 250 234 28 58 16 2 4 35 2 10 24 .248 .280 .385 .665 25 67
1960 31 81 264 236 23 53 8 0 2 25 3 24 22 .225 .295 .284 .579 20 77
10 Seasons 631 2098 1848 212 478 87 8 24 194 26 226 171 .259 .339 .353 .693 225 602
162 Game Avg. 162 539 474 54 123 22 2 6 50 7 58 44 .259 .339 .353 .693 58 602

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1958 AL--10--8th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 AL--7--8th
1958 AL--5--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 2 (2000), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2562), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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